9-13-27.4 Recount on ballot question, initiative, referendum or recall.
9-13-27.4.
Recount on ballot question, initiative, referendum or recall.
Notwithstanding any
other provisions of law, recounts of municipal ballot questions shall be conducted when, within five
days after completion of the official canvass of a municipal ballot question election at which a
question is approved or disapproved by a margin not exceeding two percent of the total votes cast
in the election, any three registered voters of the municipality file a petition duly verified by them,
setting forth that they believe a recount will change the outcome. A recount board shall be appointed
by the finance officer who shall appoint one person on each side of the question and one person who
shall be mutually agreed upon by the other two appointed. The recount shall be conducted according
to the provisions of § 9-13-27.3.
Source: SL 1984, ch 55, § 3; SL 1995, ch 44, § 3.